Results: Survey: 70% of Americans support same-sex marriage
Published on 10/25/2020
A new survey indicates there’s been a sea change in public support for same-sex marriage.
More than two-thirds of Americans support same-sex marriage — record-high numbers, according to the 2020 American Values Survey.
In the survey, published this week by the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI), a random sample of over 2,500 respondents from every state in the US were asked their opinion on issues including LGBTQ rights, immigration, racial justice and the pandemic.
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The survey found about 70% of Americans said they support granting same-sex couples the right to marry — the highest percentage of supporters the survey has recorded. Do you support same sex marriage?
Yes
55%
1731 votes
No
30%
956 votes
Undecided
14%
448 votes
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This week, the leader of the Catholic Church stopped just short of supporting same-sex marriage. In a documentary that released Wednesday, Pope Francis declared his support for civil unions for same-sex couples (a legal arrangement similar to marriage), the boldest statement of support for same-sex couples that the Catholic Church has ever made. Do you agree with the Pope's support for same sex civil unions? Yes, and am Catholic
19%
585 votes
No, and am Catholic
8%
247 votes
Yes, and am NOT Catholic
35%
1095 votes
No, and am NOT Catholic
23%
730 votes
Undecided
15%
478 votes
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"I think we are definitively at a place where same-sex marriage is no longer a part of the American culture wars," said Robert Jones, founder and CEO of PRRI and one of its leads on the 2020 American Values Survey told CNN. Do you agree with this statement? Yes
40%
1268 votes
No
27%
834 votes
Undecided
33%
1033 votes
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Do you think marriage should be: Solely between the couple and the government
24%
749 votes
Solely between the couple and the Church/Religion
34%
1073 votes
A mix of both Church/Religion and the government
42%
1313 votes
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